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Issue 6 - December 2015
@BahrainBourse
www.bahrainbourse.comBAHRAIN BOURSE ANNOUNCES THE KICK-OFF OF TRADE-
QUEST CHALLENGE FOR SCHOOLS 2015-2016
On Monday, 12
th
Ocrtober 2015,
Bahrain Bourse (BHB) official-
ly announced the kick-off of the
TradeQuest Challenge for the
school year 2015-2016 for the
19
th
consecutive year. The kick-
off meeting was held at Bahrain
Bourse’s premises, where all par-
ticipating students and teams’
school advisors attended the event
along with the investment advi-
sors who will monitor and coach
the teams during the program.
TradeQuest is a simulated busi-
ness-education partnership pro-
gram that focuses on investment
trading in world financial markets,
which operated for the first time in
the Kingdom of Bahrain in 1996
in cooperation with financial in-
stitutions and educational parties.
The program aims at stimulat-
ing relevant learning through
realistic experience by learning
the rules and regulations im-
plemented in financial markets,
analyzing and selecting shares,
and managing a portfolio of
investment instruments list-
ed at New York Stock Exchange
(NYSE) and Bahrain Bourse.
TradeQuest consists of three trad-
ing periods where schools are re-
quired to make a presentation at
the end of each trading period in
front of the Investment Review
Committee to outline their perfor-
mance, objectives, and strategies.
The 2015/2016 TradeQuest pro-
gram includes 10 school teams,
of which 7 are private schools
and 3 of them are public schools.
The private schools are: Abdul
Rahman Kanoo International
School, Bahrain School, Ibn Khu-
ldoon National School, Naseem
International School, Al Noor
International School, St. Chris-
topher’s School, and Al Wisam
International School. The pub-
lic schools are Ghazi Al Qusaibi
Secondary Girls School, Al Hidd
Secondary Girls School, and Al
Noor Secondary Girls School.
Several financial and banking insti-
tutions in Bahrain are sponsoring
TradeQuest and taking part in the
program by conducting lectures
and workshops that are conducted
during the program, and they are:
Gulf International Bank (GIB),
Securities and Investment Com-
pany (SICO), J.P. Morgan Bank,
United Gulf Bank, Citigroup,
Khaleeji Commercial Bank, Ahli
United Bank, Ithmaar Bank and
National Bank of Bahrain (NBB).